Jan
21
2011
From The Shop blog (January 18, 2011)
Paul Casey fell in love with a prototype of Nike’s Method 001 putter after trying it at the company’s test center in Ft. Worth, Texas. After convincing company brass to allow him use the club in competition, Casey dropped it into his bag at the 2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
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Jan
21
2011
Golf Magazine’s ClubTest is an annual proving ground for the latest in golf equipment. We’ll start to release our 2011 test results early next year, but in the meantime we’ve categorized all the newest drivers on the market so you can find the right one for your game.
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Jan
21
2011
Since he started teaching golf 28 years ago, Brian Manzella has been driven to find innovative ways to help students improve. That desire is producing a remarkable career for this GOLF Magazine Top 100 Teacher. Former PGA Champion David Toms has often sought Manzella’s swing advice since 1988. After receiving the highest certification from The Golfing Machine, a teaching organization based on one of the sport’s cult-classic instruction books, Manzella left to start Project 1.68, an explanation of the synergy of the sciences as they apply to the golf swing. This iconoclast’s growing influence also can be seen in the 11 certified Brian Manzella Academy instructors in six states and Australia, as well as the annual education conference Manzella founded in 2009, the GTE, for “Golf Teacher Excellence.”
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Jan
21
2011
WHO: Mark Wilson
WHAT: 12-foot par putt
WHEN: Final round of the Sony Open in Hawaii
WHERE: 189-yard par 3 17th hole at Waialae Country Club
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Jan
21
2011
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) Jhonattan Vegas isn’t exactly sure how his Venezuelan parents came up with the unusual spelling of his first name.
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Jan
21
2011
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates World No.1 Lee Westwood has delivered a snub to the PGA Tour by saying he will not compete in the Players Championship, the so-called fifth major, at TPC Sawgrass in May.
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Jan
18
2011
WHO: Mark Wilson
WHAT: 12-foot par putt
WHEN: Final round of the Sony Open in Hawaii
WHERE: 189-yard par 3 17th hole at Waialae Country Club
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Jan
18
2011
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates It’s going to be an emotional 20 months for Jose Maria Olazabal and the European Ryder Cup team.
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Jan
18
2011
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1. Abu Dhabi. Six of the world’s top ten are on hand this week for the real start of the 2011 season.
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Jan
17
2011
HONOLULU (AP) Davis Love III is next up as U.S. captain in the Ryder Cup.
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